On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was 39 years old; early that evening, he was shot on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis by an assassin. Nearly 51 years later, we still feel the legacy...
A film unlike any other in the way it captures World War I has made its way to Iowa City.
Peter Jackson’s They Shall Not Grow Old is a film that gives viewers a profuse feeling of a time when the...
While most sports require physical prowess, athletics equipment, and rigorous strength training, one sport can be played from the comfort of a college dorm room without ever having to step foot outdoors.
The...
At 6 years old, Elijah Jones knew that he wanted to be an actor when he grew up. Many children throw away their kindergarten dreams, because becoming actors and astronauts are difficult dreams to pursue;...
Thirty-five years ago, a Sudanese political leader was charged with renouncing the religious beliefs of Islam, convicted, and sentenced to death, causing nearly 1,000 of his followers to flee their home...
Young Paul McCartney sits under a yellow spotlight with just a microphone and a guitar. He sings his famous song “Yesterday” and a black-and-white film of him performing the same song in 1965 plays...
Iowa City offers a unique variety of locally owned businesses, from the plethora of bars and restaurants to small boutique and retail shops tucked away in an almost underground trade market. However, in...
A collection of art hangs in a staggered row on the wall, the pieces crowded with color and objects that one might expect to find in a junkyard.
But to Katlynne Hummell, a University of Iowa senior pursuing...
While traveling across Europe, South America, and the U.S., University of Iowa graduate student Ekaterina Korzh extracts objects from around the world to mold into her artwork of making jewelry, or more...
I flip open the app in the early hours of the morning, unable to fall asleep. I’m greeted immediately with a 20-something man in light-wash denim and camo hat, holding a large fish. Two miles away. A...
“Southern trees bear strange fruit
“Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
“Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze
“Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees”
Tina Haase Findlay...
Bricks are everywhere. Like a hurricane has just swept through, sucked up every single tiny piece of colorful plastic, and shot them back out like a volcano, dangerous instruments of torture take up...
